a gunman opened fire in a crowded north bay restaurant. >> police say that the victim, 31-year-old man, is still in critical condition tonight of a emergency surgery at marin general hospital earlier this morning while the gunman is still nowhere to be found. b street in downtown san rafael was shut down after 1:00 in the morning. police and the marin county sheriff's department responded to reports of a shooting at paw's mexican and fill pin quo restaurant. by the time they arrived, the

gunman was gone. police say there was only one victim, a 31-year-old man shot multiple times, rushed to marin general hospital. >> our witnesses tell us that the gunman entered the business, went right up to the victim, shot him, turned around and then ran out and ran out b street here behind me. >> at this time, police don't know if the victim and gunman are acquainted. the depsychiatrist of the gunman is also vague. >> a hispanic male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. >> the motive is also unclear. some 20 people were inside when the shooting happened. the restaurant was opened late for karaoke. laurabacker says that the manner of the shooting is rare for san rafael. >> unfortunately, we had several shootings but something like this, brazen through the middle of a crowded restaurant is very exemptional for us. >> reporter: police say it's unclear if this shooting is related to any others.

as for the restaurant behind me, it was remained closed all day long. live in san rafael, kron 4 news. a man's body found burned in an oakland alley. the gruesome scene has police looking for clues. >> police have more questions than answers as investigators try to find what led to a person burning early this morning the firefighters got the call just before 5:30 and arrived on scene to find a badly burped body in an alleyway. no one he is was injured but a fence did sustain some damage. the alameda county corp another took the body for examination. they are not calling this homicide yet. they are calling this a suspicious death. >> you know, there are injuries to the body, you know. if we can get some assistance from the but brick, you know, they may have saw something, may have heard something out

there. all witnesses that we can get is pretty much appreciated when a case like this where we don't have many leads. >> reporter: the burned body was found when 77-year-old susan fong was found dead inside her apartment a few weeks ago. although police are telling me there is no indication that the two cases of linked. they are asking for people with information to call. today, russia approved spread putin's request to accepted troop noose ukraine. president obama expressed worries about the action. >> reporter: russia is playing hard ball with the international community. >> russia approved the use of troops on the ground.

pro russian forces entered the crimea region. the heavily armed gunmen patrolled the streets and raised the russian flag over the crimea parliament but russia says that no division has been made about putting troops on the ground. ukraine said that russia rejected their offer of direct talks and already sent troops into ukraine. the troops are already there and the numbers are increasing every coming hour >> the question is whether or not what is happening now might be crossing a line. if russia has invaded its neighboring country, senator john mccain says that the u.s. can impose far reaching sanctions and could restart the missile defense program in the czech republic. >> there are a number of other action this is a we could take and obviously we are not going to be sending troops anywhere. >> reporter: u.s. ambassador to the u.n. says that russia and ukraine must engage in direct dialogue to end this conflict.

she also says that international observers need to be sent to crimea to see what's going on in the region. >> that's the best way to get the fact, monitor conduct and prevent any abuses. >> reporter: many in the international community, including president obama, have reached out to president putin. but putin says that russia has the right to defend its ethnic russians. >> we hope that the united states, president obama and united states government actually when make some action and we hope that the united nations troop has come to crimea and united nation troops

need to come to make stability in this region. >> you crimian supporters protested russian's involvement by rallying in front of the consulate in san francisco. showers beginning to wind down for tonight after what's been a couple of really wet days. here is live storm tracker 4 and not much showing up on the radar this evening. there were a couple sprinkles here and still a couple on the east of palo alto around the airport there, south of the dumbarton bridge. for the most part, we are quieting things down for tonight after stormy weather since tuesday. rainfall totals since tuesday have been impressive, 1:00 to two inches. sunny vale up to three inches plus for san rafael but the water relocation from the series of storms, definitely the santa cruz mountains,

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sprays a stolen car crash neighborhood an oakland home early this morning and damaged four other cars and a gas line. we spoke with a woman who lives in the house. >> at about 1:30 in the morning, i woke up to a very

lot noise and the entire house shook. large suv crashed into her garage. tack out the entire corner of the house. there was no one in the car. as even went on and pg&e came out, and fire and police. they discovered this was a pave on the gas pedal. and that car took out three other vehicles in the streets as well. there was some sort of deliberate attempt to cause havoc on our street and destroy a hot property. luckily, no one was hurt. so we are very thankful for that, very, verythankful for that. >> police are still looking for a suspect at this time. and part of the beloved doris park is closed down. why officials are hoping off this neighborhood? >> and this car ended up in the pool and it was not the first

time. why homeowners say it teens happening and they want the city to make.

today, an antioch family woke up with a car inside their pool. in fact, you can see it right here. how did that car manage to get inside the pool? alicia reefltsz spoke to a homeowner who thinks that is the result of drunk driving.

>> i looked out. all i see was taillights going down into my pool. >> around 12:30, friday night, this toyota careened down the trail, before railroading through the fence. >> the guy climbed out, there was water and took off through my neighbor's yard. >> they were 18, 15 and maybe 17. this trail is not for cars. now that there is only one, cars can easily slide through and run into any of these back yards. the first car took out the retaining wall before ending at the middle of the pool. >> i can tell he was just drunk, was slurring, stumbling around. he will have the alcohol bottle on the front seat.

police come out. car come out. police found them nearby although they took off. he didn't have insurance and, so far, he has no info on his toyota. his homeowner insurance will have to take care of it. alicia reece, kron 4 news. >> we reached out to cal tran to talk about the pole that was hit but the offices were closed. we'll foe up on monday. rain storm hitting southern california and the flooding. tonight, seems that things are improving. flights are still scheduled to run on time that could change tomorrow. this is a big improvements from

yesterday. things are improving around sfo and the bay area. you can see it was not all gray out this today. some breaks in the clouds and some sunshine making its way through although, after this time lapse, as we go into this evening, around 8:30, there was a heavy shower at sfo. the wet weather in los angeles also beginning to diminish but another system is offshore. here it is coming in for late tonight and tomorrow. but this system is fairly disorganized. does not have a lot of rain to offer what we'll get for some is widely scattered showers throughout the bay area. that's what future cast is showing. we have some breaks in the clouds partly cloudy evening. occasional stray shower coming through during the overnight. what we see should be on the light side. here is 7:00 a.m. we notice the showers beginning to increase in intensity and

coverage. by noon, some more showers, off and on spotty showers and they'll begin to waned down until of a about 4:00 or 5:00 things will dry up and clear out. the threat for showers still continues to start the week although it is going to be just a slight chance. north bay and east bay, 50s by the bay, high els in the afternoon going into the 60s. 64 for oakland. clouds and sunny breaks as well as occasional passing shower. monday, sunshine, and a few clouds and just a slight chance for a shower. mostly sunny day for tuesday. another weather system arriving on wednesday will make for cloudy skies and chance for light rain. best chance is going to be into the north bay but this is not going to be a significant

system. we warm things up with sunshine into the low 70s. >> things may be tame here but the rain is really pummeling some parts of southern california. in fact, check this out. you can see the mud that's making its way down the hills and into the neighborhoods here. looks like a river, roaring river. 1200 homes were evacuated just east of los angeles. and it's not over yet. forecasters call for more rain over the weekend. tim lock has a closer look. i it happened in minutes. the mud poured down. >> it's bad. it's bad. hasn't been this bad in a long time. >> they are getting out while they can. >> you are not taking anything with you, just grabbing your dog? >> no, i just grabbed my laptop. it's all replaceability. >> just a couple of inches

rain. you can see the effect here with the ground burned by the fire can't hold all of this and something you notice, the debris, it shows it's been scarred by while fire. >> we need to make some changes. >> a thousand homes are under a paint mandatory evacuation order because they sit below the scorched hill. mud now and backyard. california has been in drought for months but sudden rain caught zombie surprise. two people were found stranded. take a closer look. not just people but two dogs you can see rescuers as they carefully move the animals out of the tree one by one to the nearby rescue boat. and there is more rain coming. bad news for dennis quaring.

they chose not to listen to the evacuation other. the one road in and out to cover in mud to drive. >> because you can't get out. not right now. >> what has mother nature been like for the last couple of months? >> we had fire, drought and now torrential rain. >> wind. >> everything. >> we hit all four elements >> but the rain is coming and expected to last through much of the weekend. recent storms could be causing this mess. an ocean front intersection is open again of a being shut down for hours authorities wants to make sure that the ground around it is stable. crews are investigating what damage the pink hole could be

causing. overt next 24 months, dolores park will go through a transformation. crews broke ground in a ceremony this afternoon and now it's getting a rewound. the construction will improve facilities, roads, paths and play areas will be upgraded. a sense will also be put up around the northern half of the park. three new buildings will be put up and the old bathrooms will be put down. disney and the boy scouts of america could soon be parting ways. the media giant says it's because the boy scoutsdon't allow gay scout leaders. it's threating to pull money by 2015. disney does not give directly. if the boy scout policy changes, they say they will no longer have donation cashout to the organization. next up, we are on the heels of hollywood's biggest bash. we take you to tinseltown for a

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party with ellen degeneres as ring leaders, expect matthew mcconaughey and merrylstreep to get in the groove. there will be no shortage of star power. 1920s con yaiforts are pinned against astronauts. gravity and american hustle leading the pack with 10 nominations apiece. >> facing off against 12 years a slave, philomena, captain phillips, dallas buyers club, wolf of wall street. >> golden globe winner kate blancheett is a best actress contenter going head to head with jude did i dench, amy

adams, sandra bullock. >> first time announced, matthew mcconaughey lands against others. this year could be all about the music. ♪ let it go, let it go >> set to perform the best original song nominee. they can be oscars one the biggest concerts of the year. with hot performances and a host like ellen, it may not be the winners that get everybody talking. >> we have some guy skies today. >> a lot of it is rain but things are looking better for tomorrow. we'll see some more showers, i think. also some breaks of sun, not a completely gray day. things are dry for now but more showers in the morning. >> and that's it for kron 4 news at len. stay connected with kron.

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